Your Opportunity

Join a team made up of thinkers, creators, and makers; excited to run head-on into the challenges facing the world’s most respected brands. We’re looking for an experienced Account Director to come join and lead this team in growing our portfolio of business across one of our key accounts – a multinational logistics company and a world leader in supply chain solutions.

As the Account Director, you will collaborate with account leadership and cross-functional teams to develop the plans and objectives for our logistics client and their various divisions. In this role, you will lead the planning and development of our relationship with the client. In addition oversee the execution of individual projects, taking responsibility for ensuring that agency output adheres to client objectives, meets client deadlines and achieves agency quality standards.

We’re looking for an account leader. Someone who thrives by creating organisation and clarity of direction, finds new solutions and ideas for our team and clients by partnering with others, loves connecting the dots and always prefers to see the glass half full as half empty.

Primary Focus

• Responsible for growth of accounts, client success and account profitability
• Generate solutions to our clients’ most pressing business and brand objectives through effective management of GPJ’s resources and solutions
• Responsible for the nurturing, retention, and growth of specifically allocated client accounts. Taking the lead in focusing the strategic direction of the accounts and being viewed as a trusted partner.
• Provide the client with a consultancy service, offering expert knowledge of how the client’s objectives can be realised through the event and brand experience medium. This might require challenging the client’s brief, proactive solutions, competitor analysis and global industry knowledge
• Harnessing of project teams to pitch and deliver experiences for the client to the highest standard=

Key Accountabilities

About you

What you bring

Command : Excellent interpersonal skills. Ability to understand pre-event and on-site methodology and best practices and hold internal and external teams accountable for deliverables according to the production timeline and project objectives. A self-starter who promotes a culture of entrepreneurial spirit.

Inspiration : At ease in a fast-paced environment, you can apply your sharp business acumen with a results orientated approach. A natural collaborator you thrive by leading from the front but bring other people along with you to achieve unified goals. You are a champion of high quality outcome and demonstrate an affinity with the brands you lead.

Fortitude : Your ability to multi-task, problem solve and prioritise is contagious. You inspire confidence, empathy and understanding, that together the team can overcome any challenge and unearth new opportunities.

Foresight : You know how the puzzle pieces fit together. You plan for the challenges, but expect the best. And you know how to deliver in order to meet deadlines. You’ve already thought of the next step (or five) before being asked. You stay calm when there are changes to the plan and you’re a veteran at going to “Plan B”.

Flexibility and Adaptability : You have an agile mindset. You keep everything in perspective and lead your account that way. You are culturally aware and move with the times.

Your Background, Skills & Experience

Contacts

Karen Rice, Talent Acquisition Manager –

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